All Quotes by Paradise Regained
“I who e're while the happy Garden sung,And Eden rais'd in the wast Wilderness.”
“His coming, is sent Harbinger, who allPretends to wash off sin”
“Envy they say excites me, thus to gain Companions of my misery and wo.”
“That fellowship in pain divides not smart, Nor lightens aught each mans peculiar load.”
“Most men admireVirtue who follow not her lore.”
“And the great Thisbite who on fiery wheelsRode up to Heaven, yet once again to come.”
“Behold the kings of the Earth how they oppressThy Glory, free thy people from thir yoke”
“My heart hath been a store-house long of thingsAnd sayings laid up, portending strange events.”
“Skilled to retire, and in retiring drawHearts after them tangled in amorous nets.”
“Beauty stands Led captive.”
“For therein stands the office of a King,Passions, Desires, and Fears, is more a King;”
“For what is glory but the blaze of fame.”
“They err who count it glorious to subdueLarge Countries, and in field great Battels win,”
“The first of all Commandments, Thou shalt worshipThe Lord thy God, and only him shalt serve;”
“The childhood shows the man,In knowledge; all things in it comprehend.”
“Socrates...Wisest of men.”
“The first and wisest of them all professedTo know this only, that he nothing knew.”
“Who readsDeep versed in books, and shallow in himself.”